Development of a competency framework for the nutrition in emergencies sector

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 689-699

  Meeker, Jessica ^a   Perry, Abigail ^a   Dolan, Carmel ^b   Emary, Colleen ^c   Golden, Kate ^d   Abla, Caroline ^e   Walsh, Anne ^f   MacLaine, Ali ^g   Seal, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Emergency Nutrition Network   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL   (Kenya)

^d Concern Worldwide ^*  (Ireland)

^e INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS   (United States)

^f VALID INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^g SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacity development; Competency framework; Disasters; Emergencies; Human resources

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; CAPACITY BUILDING; CURRICULUM; DIETITIAN; EMERGENCY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESCUE WORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; CAPACITY BUILDING; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EMERGENCIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NUTRITIONISTS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESCUE WORK;

EID: 84896453607     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013002607     Document Type: Article

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